Bill Text: TX HB2559 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2559-Engrossed.html
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By: Bowers | H.B. No. 2559 |
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relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged | ||
with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory | ||
supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 508.251, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c) and (c-1) and adding Subsection (c-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), instead [ |
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the issuance of a warrant under this section, the division shall [ |
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person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person: | ||
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superintensive supervision; | ||
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threat to public safety; [ |
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(D) is not serving a sentence for, and has not | ||
been previously convicted of, an offense listed in or described by | ||
Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
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(1) and is charged only with committing: | ||
(A) a new offense that is alleged to have been | ||
committed after the first anniversary of the date the person was | ||
released on parole or to mandatory supervision if: | ||
(i) the new offense is a Class C misdemeanor | ||
under the Penal Code, other than an offense committed against a | ||
child younger than 17 years of age or an offense involving family | ||
violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; | ||
(ii) the person has maintained steady | ||
employment for at least one year; | ||
(iii) the person has maintained a stable | ||
residence for at least one year; and | ||
(iv) the person has not previously been | ||
charged with an offense after the person was released on parole or | ||
to mandatory supervision; or | ||
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administrative violation of release that is alleged to have been | ||
committed after the first anniversary of the date the person was | ||
released on parole or to mandatory supervision [ |
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(c-1) A warrant may not be issued for the return of a person | ||
described by Subsection (c) unless the person has previously failed | ||
to appear for a hearing in response to a summons issued under that | ||
subsection. | ||
(c-2) A summons issued under Subsection (c) must state the | ||
time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |